to create a better environment for productivity growth. This paper examines the PDPs in Jamaica and concludes that behind …

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … productivity, however, highlight the importance of innovation in enabling firms to improve economic performance and catch up. …

, follows a faster track and depends more on political power than on those policies’ potential as engines for productivity … different groups’ weight in policymaking, and the effect of the implied unbalance on aggregate productivity. Electoral weight … found that the resulting imbalance of policies damages aggregate productivity. …

(FOGAPE), (2) a small subsidy to new exports that was applied from 1985 through 2003, and (3) the innovation subsidies … Fundación Chile (FCh), a semi-public entrepreneur cum venture capitalist, and a CORFO program to attract foreign direct …; Chile could benefit from a prioritization of needs and consolidation of these programs. Moreover, the instruments for making …

below trend—and total factor productivity (TFP), using a panel of 71 developed and developing countries during the period …

(Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the …This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al …This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …